“I don’t want to do a body scan, and I’m hoping by wearing a bikini they will see everything they need to see and we can avoid a pat-down, as well.”
— Corrine Theile
(interviewed at LAX the day before Thanksgiving 2010)

Columbia University: Body Scanners Increase Risk Of Skin Cancer

Airport body scanners could lead to an increase in skin cancers according to scientists at Columbia University, who warn that the dose emitted by the naked x-ray devices could be up to 20 times higher than originally estimated, in another clear example of how the scanners are completely illegal, dangerous to public health, and need to be removed immediately …

The writer was secretary of homeland security from 2005 to 2009 and is co-founder of the Chertoff Group, a security and risk-management firm whose clients include a manufacturer of body-imaging screening machines.

Photos: Michael Wilson

Mose Allison

The â€ścool little clusterâ€ť that is Mose Allisonâ€™s brain

World Socialist Web Site
22 November 2010

Experiencing a performance by veteran blues-jazz artist Mose Allison can be for some of us like finding a long-lost valuable. For younger listeners, discovering his music can be a cultural awakening.

I had the good fortune to experience this first-hand recently at the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe in the Detroit areaâ€”coincidentally, the day before his 83rd birthday. His message is as straight-from-the-shoulder as it has been for over five decades. He threw in tunes from his latest album, â€śThe Way of the World,â€ť alongside some of his oldest material. But there is nothing nostalgic about a Mose Allison performance.His music has lost little of its edge. â€śEverybody Cryinâ€™ Mercyâ€ť was written in 1968. It could have been written today. Hearing Mose deliver it now is like entering a musical conversation about the current war. Which one? â€¦ Take your pick …

“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”

Who said this? Thomas Jefferson? Tom Paine?

Neither, evidently.

The final chapter of Ida B. Wells’ autobiography, Crusade for Justice (University of Chicago Press 1970), begins, “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” She goes on to argue that although the United States does have some “wonderful institutions” to protect our liberty, we have grown complacent and need to be “alert as the watchman on the wall.”– Source:http://wiki.answers.com

It was neither Thomas Jefferson nor Tom Paine who uttered those words; it was Ida B. Wells (1862-1931), an African American who spoke out throughout her lifetime against lynching and other forms of terrorism.

Keep liberty and free speech alive on the internet. Support net neutrality.

An urgent reminder from AlYoung.org

Photo: Rafael Alvarado

Clickables

Wikipedia’s history of the FCC
The Federal Communications Commission was created in 1934 to protect the public airwaves. Americans in the 21st century are largely unaware that the broadcast band is public property.